Quote: "If you voted for Bush, we accept that we have to share the country with you. We're adjusting to the possibility that there may be more of you than there are of us. But don't demand our respect."
I never, never would think of demanding respect from anyone, particularly someone who does not seem to like me anyway. I value the respect of people I admire, or who mean something to me.
I value the respect of my family, most off all. But in the end, it is not what people think of me that counts.
Maybe it is better not to be a celebrity. I would not enjoy the shallowness of the company of people who go around currying "respect."
Back again!
How does this cartoonist know how I live? He might be surprised. I live about as well as I could ever imagine deserving. It's true that I do not eat souffle of hummingbird tongues very often, and I dress simply. But I live a very satisfactory life, and am happy with the things which count.
If I wanted to live someplace like New York, I could: but I would not live as well there as I do now, and I would not have the contentment of having some space around me.
The remarks of guys like that cartoonist fella don't really bother me, except for their ignorance and unkindness toward ordinary, plain, good people who just happen not to have his lifestyle.
This is the liberal idea of tolerance?